Arms imports at constant USD prices from 1990 reached 290 USD mil in 2015 in Thailand, according to the SIPRI Military Expenditure Database.
This is
51.6 %
more than
in the previous year.

Historically, arms imports at constant USD prices from 1990 in Thailand reached an all time high of 942 USD mil in 1997 and an all time low of 8.00 USD mil in 2007.
When compared to Thailand's main peers, arms imports at constant USD prices from 1990
in Cambodia amounted to 66.0 USD mil, 19.0 USD mil in Laos, 72.0 USD mil in Malaysia and 175 USD mil in Myanmar in 2015.

Thailand has been ranked 27th within the group of 134 countries we follow in terms of arms imports at constant USD prices from 1990,
19 places above the position seen 10 years ago.

Arms transfers cover the supply of military weapons through sales, aid, gifts, and those made through manufacturing licences.

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Arms transfers cover the supply of military weapons through sales, aid, gifts, and those made through manufacturing licences. The data cover major conventional weapons such as aircraft, armoured vehicles, artillery, radar systems, missiles, and ships designed for military use. Transfers of other military equipment, such as small arms and light weapons, trucks, light artillery, ammunition and support equipment, technology transfers, and other services are excluded. India, Australia and South Korea were the largest importers of arms in 2010, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, as they bought arms worth USD 3.3, 1.7 and 1.1 billion each (at 1990 constant prices).